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More holes in social roles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2009

Douglas T. Kenrick  and
Vladas Griskevicius
Douglas T. Kenrick
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1104. douglas.kenrick@asu.edu
Vladas Griskevicius
Affiliation:
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. vladasg@umn.eduwww.carlsonschool.umn.edu/marketinginstitute/vgriskevicius
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Abstract

Given the strength of Archer's case for a sexual selection account, he is too accommodating of the social roles alternative. We present data on historical changes in violent crime contradicting that perspective, and discuss recent evidence showing how an evolutionary perspective predicts sex similarities and differences responding in a flexible and functional manner to adaptively relevant triggers across different domains.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , August 2009 , pp. 283 - 285
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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